“As a creative type, I feel a need to study anyone, living or dead, who has accomplished anything that can be considered great.”
Of the many who fall into this category, Franklin is one of my favorites…
He was a renowned author, printer, political theorist, statesman, and scientist. He excelled at nearly everything he did. He performed many functions in his world, but the one that inspires me the most is his role as inventor.
Franklin’s spirit of innovation bore into the world the lightning rod, bifocals, the glass harmonica, electricity, and even the ideas that helped to shape the Declaration of Independence. His problem solving abilities seemed to have no limit to what they could accomplish.
Behind this unending ability to apply new ways of thinking to every facet of his work, must have been a constant burning desire to create.
This is clearly demonstrated in his quote:
“To cease to think creatively is to cease to live”
~Benjamin Franklin
If I can emulate in my work even a shred of this capacity to constantly look at things in a new light, challenge the status quo, and attempt things no one has done before, I will be more than satisfied.
That is why innovation, or the need to constantly adventure into uncharted areas in terms of design, is one of the core values of Jack Boglioli Jewelry™.
For more information about the life of Benjamin Franklin you can follow this link: Franklin Biography
